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Please cite results as coming from: County, , Soldiers Records Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossier_record?q=db:dossiers_augusta AND id_num:31459).
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Name: Peter A. Miller Birth Place: Rockingham Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Mechanic, age 32, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 356 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 351 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Papermaker Mt. Solon; 1870 Census, Farmer, age 42, Mt. Solon Post Office, Augusta Co.; farmer, Kiracofe Augusta Co. 1897
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Mt. Solon Date of Death: 1/7/1904 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Old Emanuel Church Cemetery Epitaph: |